BeardyFox

Just signed up for the Shakespeare Marathon in April next year. My running has been near non-existent since London. Just going for the odd jog here and there. Think I've been in a rut mentally and physically, stopped working out and put on some weight. I'm the heaviest I've ever been and thought i need to do something about it. I'll be 40 in January and I really don't want to become inactive and let myself go even more.

That really ruined my bbq

I got the Vomero Plus last week. Only done 6 miles in them so far so a hit early to tell. Can update bit later this week when I’ve hopefully broke them in a bit more. Initially they seem like a comfortable cruiser not really getting the big bounce like I’ve seen in the reviews. As I say they may need 20-30 miles to get going. Had been looking at the Rad UFO but not at the price they are atm.

My first run since London (for one reason and another). I felt I needed a mental break from structured training and flogging myself. Had been wondering if I really wanted to get back. Was great temp at 5:30 and within 300 yards I had a smile back on my face. I’m back in.

After categorically ruling out any more races to my wife on monday. I'm starting to get the twitch again. Thinking shorter distances for a while now though.

I caught the back end of the horse you were talking about!

That was brutal. Knew fairly early on that I was going to struggle with the heat. Had niggles from mile 7. Injury held out until mile 22 when all of a sudden both legs just locked up with cramp. Huge respect to the crowd that were cheering and managed to get me walking again. Finished it though and that’s what matters.

Truly bricking it for tomorrow. Hoping the leg holds up and my glorious ginger skin doesn’t burst in to flames. Fingers crossed I won’t be waddling around like Ayew at a buffet. Good luck to everyone taking part.

I'm going to have one hell of a tw*t tan

Well done mate!

Same here. I've been rehabbing an injury for the past 4 week, one point i didn't know if id actually be able to run it. Did a 10k saturday so feeling a bit better. Other than going to work im in near lockdown conditions. Getting nervous about the expo too but more about travelling from St.Pancras to there and back to the hotel.

Half Marathon PB yesterday 1:56. Felt good to finally get under 2hrs, big step mentally. Got a deload week in marathon training now so just a few easy runs to recover.

Vast majority is tarmac. There’s a small section that’s like a gravel type patch and then a field you have to run across. It had rained the week before last year so it was wet. It’s a loop so you end up running the section twice. I was glad I picked a shoe with good grip